|  | |
| Operator | Rosaviakosmos | 
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1996-047A | 
| SATCAT no. | 24280  | 
| Mission duration | 196 days, 17 hours, 26 minutes, 13 seconds | 
| Orbits completed | ~3,160 | 
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz 7K-STM No. 73 | 
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM | 
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia | 
| Launch mass | 7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb) | 
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 | 
| Members | Valery Korzun Aleksandr Kaleri | 
| Launching | Claudie André-Deshays | 
| Landing | Reinhold Ewald | 
| Callsign | Фрега́т (Fregat - Frigate) | 
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 17 August 1996, 13:18:03 UTC | 
| Rocket | Soyuz-U | 
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 2 March 1997, 06:44:16 UTC | 
| Landing site | 47°49′N 69°24′E / 47.82°N 69.40°E | 
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric | 
| Regime | Low Earth | 
| Perigee altitude | 235.1 kilometres (146.1 mi) | 
| Apogee altitude | 287.4 kilometres (178.6 mi) | 
| Inclination | 51.56 degrees | 
| Docking with Mir | |
|   Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
Soyuz TM-24 was the 27th expedition to Mir. Soyuz TM-24 carried a crew of three. The crew consisted of Cosmonauts Valery Korzun and Aleksandr Kaleri, and the first French woman in space, Claudie André-Deshays. They joined American astronaut Shannon Lucid and Mir 21 crewmates Yuri Onufriyenko and Yuri Usachev. André-Deshays carried out biological and medical experiments on Mir for 16 days (the Cassiopée mission) before returning to Earth with Onufriyenko and Usachev.[1]
Crew
| Position | Launching crew | Landing crew | 
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Valery Korzun First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer |  Aleksandr Kaleri Second spaceflight | |
| Research Cosmonaut |  Claudie André-Deshays First spaceflight |  Reinhold Ewald Only spaceflight | 
References
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